herien

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English herian, from Proto-Germanic *hazjaną.

Alternative forms

• heryen, heriȝen, hærien, herrien, heryyn, heryhe, herye

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhərjən/, /ˈhəriən/, /ˈhərən/, /ˈhɛːrən/

Verb

herien

2. To thank or commend.
   • 14thC, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Clerk's Prologue and Tale, 2002, Marion Wynne-Davies (editor), The Tales of The Clerk and The Wife of Bath, page 94,

     And whan that folk it to his fader tolde, / Nat oonly he, but al his contree merye / Was for this child, and God they thanke and herye.

3. To recognise, glorify, or laud
   • c. 1380s Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, 1810, Samuel Johnson (editor), Alexander Chalmers (additional lives), The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 1, page 251,

     How I mote tell anon right the gladnesse / Of Troilus, to Venus herying, / To the which who nede hath, God him bring.

   • 14thC, William de Shoreham, 1851, Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 28, Percy Society, page 117,

     Thyse aungeles heryeth here wyth stevene, / Ase he hys hare quene of he[ve]ne.

4. To rever, devote (oneself to).

Conjugation

Conjugation of herien (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) herien, herie
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	herie	heried
2nd-person singular	heriest	heriedest
3rd-person singular	herieth	heried
subjunctive singular	herie
imperative singular		—
plural1	herien, herie	herieden, heriede
imperative plural	herieth, herie	—
participles	heriynge, heriende	heried, yheried

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: herry, herye (obsolete)

References

• “herien (v.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-08.

Etymology 2

From Old English herġian, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną. Equivalent to here (“army”) +‎ -en.

Alternative forms

• harien, haryen, herȝien, herȝen, herwen, harwen, harowen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛrjən/, /ˈhɛriən/

Verb

herien

2. To ruin, devastate, despoil, or loot
3. To steal, snatch, or burglarise; to take without permission.
4. To deliver people from burning in Hell.
5. To bring, take, or draw.
6. To defeat in battle; to attain or achieve victory.
7. (rare) To run after; to pursue or hunt.
8. (rare) To harass; harry, trouble.
9. (rare) To fight, enter battle or combat.

Conjugation

Conjugation of herien (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) herien, herie
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	herie	heried
2nd-person singular	heriest	heriedest
3rd-person singular	herieth	heried
subjunctive singular	herie
imperative singular		—
plural1	herien, herie	herieden, heriede
imperative plural	herieth, herie	—
participles	heriynge, heriende	heried, yheried

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: harry, harrow
• Scots: herry, hery, hary

References

• “herien (v.(2))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-08.